Baby Huey (singer)
Baby Huey | |
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James Ramey pictured on the cover of his posthumous album, The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Thomas Ramey |
| Born | August 17, 1944 Richmond, Indiana, United States |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | October 28, 1970 (aged 26) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1963–1970 |
| Labels | Curtom |
| Formerly of | The Vets, Baby Huey & the Babysitters, Melvyn "Deacon" Jones, Johnny Ross |
James Thomas Ramey (August 17, 1944 – October 28, 1970), better known as Baby Huey, was an American singer. He was the frontman for the band Baby Huey & the Babysitters, whose sole LP for Curtom Records in 1971 was influential in the development of hip-hop music.